Does anyone have any experience with paddle trainers? I've seen websites for two of them; one link follows: http://www.pogies.com/speedstroke/html/index.htm The question I'm hoping to answer is how well these allow you to simulate a real paddle stroke. For some very long winded reasons, my wife needs to find a good way to get an aerobic workout without needing to flex her knees continuously. She's also in good enough shape that she needs more muscle groups working than just her arms to get a good workout. We've talked about using kayaking as a workout but for several months of the year finding open water that hasn't frozen is a bit difficult. The trainer looks like you can get some rotation from the hip up but I'm not sure if the foot tie-downs are enough or if we'd need to assemble some sort of thigh straps to get good rotation and engage the thighs. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Feb 07 2004 - 05:36:17 PST
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